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Common cents: Financial planners sharpen their focus on the next generation of clients

Common cents: Financial planners sharpen their focus on the next generation of clients

The people who want to help you plan your financial affairs are gathering from around the world at a conference in Minneapolis this week. They’re doing so at a time when baby boomers are hitting retirement and discovering how well or poorly they planned for it.
by Martin Moylan

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Microsoft joins futuristic farm venture near Fargo

Microsoft joins futuristic farm venture near Fargo

Company president Brad Smith announced Thursday that Microsoft is contributing $1.5 million to help get the venture started.
by Dan Gunderson

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Some U.S. farmers get a reprieve at end of challenging year

Some U.S. farmers get a reprieve at end of challenging year

Minnesota and the Dakotas have seen snow and rain in recent weeks that have hampered an already difficult harvest. Many farmers in the Midwest and South whose planting this year was interrupted by wet weather are getting a reprieve, though a few Northern states have seen their harvest prospects go from bad to worse.
by The Associated Press

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Discourse Disrupters: How a science and tech economy could reshape the American Dream

Discourse Disrupters: How a science and tech economy could reshape the American Dream

Intelligence Squared host John Donvan talks with economist Simon Johnson about an idea to put science and technology at the heard of the U.S. economy, and transform the middle class.

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GM And UAW reach tentative agreement to end national strike

GM And UAW reach tentative agreement to end national strike

When the UAW's GM national council reviews the deal's terms Thursday, it will decide whether nearly 50,000 workers should remain on strike or if they should go back to work immediately.
by Bill Chappell

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He, she, they: Workplaces adjust as gender identity norms change

He, she, they: Workplaces adjust as gender identity norms change

As more people identify themselves as neither categorically male nor female, some employers are making changes to neutralize references to gender in everything from name tags to bathrooms.
by Yuki Noguchi

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Wisconsin jury awards $450,000 in Sandy Hook defamation case

A jury in Wisconsin has awarded $450,000 to the father of a boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting after he filed a defamation lawsuit against conspiracy theorist writers who claimed the massacre never happened.
by The Associated Press

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BBC documentary: "World War II: The Economic Battle"

A BBC World Service documentary explains how economic decisions made far from the battlefield were crucial to the ultimate outcome of the war.

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